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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
AsiaTimes Publishes an Open Letter to Joe Biden’s New Cyber Czar
May 28, 2021
I co-authored the letter with Steve Soble of Assured Enterprises, who has been tracking China and technology issues as long as I have been.
The dream of a global unfettered Internet is dying
May 27, 2021
When the Internet first started taking root, many enthusiasts including myself thought it would become a great connector of people around the world. It would build mutual understanding and maybe even foster peace. How incredibly naive, as we are now discovering. The latest news from The New York Times is that Russia is cracking down on […]
Apple Is the Wealthiest Corporation in History–What if the Chinese Communist Party Shapes Its Behavior?
May 24, 2021
This is an excellent article by Lauren Jackson in today’s New York Times interviewing Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.” Zuboff says: “Apple is the wealthiest and most powerful corporation, certainly in modern history, perhaps in the history of capitalism. And Apple now exerts unilateral, essentially unaccountable control over critical communications infrastructures, […]
The compromises that Apple and other Big Tech companies make in China
May 18, 2021
Apple has made very questionable compromises with China’s Communist government to operate its data centers containing Chinese customer information there. The government essentially controls Apple’s data centers, according to this excellent article in today’s New York Times. Apple says its systems in China are “sequestered” from the rest of its global iCloud platform. Yet at […]
China Tries to Lure in Wall Street–and the China Institute is Helping
April 27, 2021
The government of Xi Jinping has a clear objective in seeking to lure in American financial entities into China. They obviously want access to more capital, but the Chinese also view Wall Street as an important ally in shaping American governmental policy toward China. The Chinese have astutely recognized that Wall Street has power in […]
Is Facebook helping Chinese government propaganda masters?
April 3, 2021
This article from the Wall Street Journal is behind a pay wall but it’s worth the irritation of pasting it and cleaning it up here. The Chinese are using Facebook, Twitter and perhaps other U.S. social media platforms banned from China to spread their propaganda around the world. Facebook’s revenue from Chinese advertisers may exceed […]
